Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Christopher Owen Nelson
The Light

2019

$3,840
$4,80020% Off
£2,868.30
£3,585.3720% Off
€3,325.33
€4,156.6620% Off
CA$5,331.74
CA$6,664.6820% Off
A$5,976.20
A$7,470.2520% Off
CHF 3,111.63
CHF 3,889.5420% Off
MX$72,971.94
MX$91,214.9320% Off
NOK 39,506.41
NOK 49,383.0120% Off
SEK 37,448.52
SEK 46,810.6620% Off
DKK 24,810.58
DKK 31,013.2220% Off
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

"The Light" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 30x24x2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen making the image appear to be floating. "The environment puts me in a state of meditation, which for me is normal, but now suddenly I am beginning to notice life. I am awake. I am listening. Absorbing information from the water and the trees in such a way that it makes me feel connected and attached." ABOUT THE ARTIST: Christopher Owen Nelson thrives in the landscape of the American West. As a Colorado native, he studied fine arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where he learned classical methods in drawing and painting. While developing a deep appreciation for composition and form, Nelson focused on alternative materials; sculpting with used carpet, found objects and painting on glass. At one point, he pursued a career in construction— gaining valuable knowledge in concrete, steel and woodworking that would provide the substructure for a new and innovative artistic approach. For Nelson, critical attention and art world accolades have been swift and abundant. Early honors include the Painting Award at the 15th National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts (awarded by Paul Ha, the director of the List Visual Art Center at M.I.T.). Recently Nelson’s achievements have been featured in several national publications, including: Western Art Collector; Luxe Interiors and Design; Western Art and Architecture; Santa Fean magazine, and American Art Collector. Through prestigious exhibitions and collections, his artworks have traveled the globe. Early into his career, Nelson boasts over a dozen solo exhibitions in addition to numerous private and public acquisitions worldwide and is a member of the National Sculptors' Guild. Expanding upon his limitless drive for creativity, Nelson is also an avid singer and songwriter--exploring feelings of beauty and loss, lightness and dark intertwined. These same concepts are mirrored in some of his art, wherein barren trees fracture solitary space. A consistent thread that runs throughout all of his work is a need to transform shadow and grit into something bright and smooth. Nelson’s portraiture suggests that even the people we are the most intimate with will forever remain mysterious beings, delving into infinite soul-searching. Nelson’s creations reveal the dynamic nature of existence, thought and feeling aligning within a vision uniquely his own. Combining his skills in painting, construction and songwriting, Nelson illustrates deliberate yet subconscious narratives guided by lucid dream-scape. Mirroring his own self development, his work continues to grow in scale and in concept. Bound by no medium, he creates in a perpetual state of research and development. Striking his own path, he cuts a wide road for future pace setters. The art world follows in double time.
  • Creator:
    Christopher Owen Nelson (1979, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Loveland, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU126419401972

More From This Seller

View All
The Other Side Tomorrow
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"The Other Side Tomorrow" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 12x18x2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Gilded Place
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"Gilded Place" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 36x30x2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen making the image appear to be floating. "The environment puts me in a state of meditation, which for me is normal, but now suddenly I am beginning to notice life. I am awake. I am listening. Absorbing information from the water and the trees in such a way that it makes me feel connected and attached." ABOUT THE ARTIST: Christopher Owen Nelson thrives in the landscape of the American West. As a Colorado native, he studied fine arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design where he learned classical methods in drawing and painting. While developing a deep appreciation for composition and form, Nelson focused on alternative materials; sculpting with used carpet...
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Backcountry
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"Backcountry" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 18x24x~2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen. "The envi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Fractal Frost
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"Fractal Frost" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 48x48x2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen. "The env...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer

Alpine
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"Alpine" by Christopher Owen Nelson Carved/Painted Acrylic 30x24x2", One-of-a-Kind, no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen. "The environmen...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Plexiglass

Alpine
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Water Earth Air III
By Alyson Kinkade
Located in Loveland, CO
Water Earth Air III by Alyson Kinkade 44x58" acrylic on canvas, gallery wrapped *due to scale, custom packing and extra lead time is factored into shipping for this item. ABOUT THE...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like

One Of The Ways
Located in San Diego, CA
"One Of The Ways" depicts a densely populated grove. As with other of Carpenter's paintings, this scene invites viewers to look closer and also to go out to explore nature. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Inner light
Located in Zofingen, AG
In the vibrant embrace of fall, a lone tree stands out, bathed in fiery colors, symbolizing individuality amidst the quiet symphony of the forest. Its brilliant leaves dance in contr...
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jonathan Speed, Borderlands, Original Landscape Painting, Affordable Art
By Jonathan Speed
Located in Deddington, GB
Borderlands by Jonathan Speed [2021] original Oil Paint on Canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Please note th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Many-Worlds Interpretation (C.D.H.S.c)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Here I Came To The Very Edge
By Deedra Ludwig
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

French Contemporary Art by Franck Bailleul - 7eme Symphonie
Located in Paris, IDF
Franck Bailleul is a French painter born in 1964 who lives & works in Abbeville, Normandy, France. He has exhibited nationally as well as in the United States and China. His works e...
Category

2010s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil